Besides mods, graphics, and emulators what makes PC gaming so great??

I'm not trying to flame or anything. But I have been looking into this but I mean PC Gaming is like a foreign country to a person who has been a console gamer all their life. So I'm wondering what makes it worth me building a rig, and just you know start PC gaming besides mods, graphics and emulators.

Lol, that's like saying "Without free online, exclusives, and Blu Ray, what makes thePS3 so great?" :P

I'm not trying to flame or anything. But I have been looking into this but I mean PC Gaming is like a foreign country to a person who has been a console gamer all their life. So I'm wondering what makes it worth me building a rig, and just you know start PC gaming besides mods, graphics and emulators.

blackgamer1213

more exclusives, games are much cheaper, steam, sales, infinite backwards compatibility, better and more variety of controls, non gaming tasks, greater control over the game. ferret-gamer

preformance :P

Besides what makes PC gaming so great, what makes PC gaming so great?blackgamer1213

Ease of use.

Wait......

:P

Lol, that's like saying "Without free online, exclusives, and Blu Ray, what makes thePS3 so great?" :P

brickdoctor

more exclusives, games are much cheaper, steam, sales, infinite backwards compatibility, better and more variety of controls, non gaming tasks, greater control over the game. ferret-gamer

[QUOTE="brickdoctor"]

Lol, that's like saying "Without free online, exclusives, and Blu Ray, what makes thePS3 so great?" :P

mgs_freak91

You might be on to something! :P

Lol, that's like saying "Without free online, exclusives, and Blu Ray, what makes thePS3 so great?" :P

brickdoctor

Lol I realize the tight spot I put PC gaming fans in but I really want to be convinced. Because I have looked up mods and a lot of them were like so so. Maybe I'm looking at this the wrong way.

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"]more exclusives, games are much cheaper, steam, sales, infinite backwards compatibility, better and more variety of controls, non gaming tasks, greater control over the game. mgs_freak91

Yea guys, besides mods, graphics, and emulators, and DD, sound quality, performance, backwards compatability, online capability, load times, harddrive space, and insanely high customizability, WHAT MAKES PC SO GREAT?!?!?!?!

[QUOTE="brickdoctor"]

Lol, that's like saying "Without free online, exclusives, and Blu Ray, what makes thePS3 so great?" :P

blackgamer1213

Lol I realize the tight spot I put PC gaming fans in but I really want to be convinced. Because I have looked up mods and a lot of them were like so so. Maybe I'm looking at this the wrong way.

counter strike, Team Fortress, red orchestra, Project Reality, garrys mod, killing floor, mechwarrior, NeoTokyo. are some of the more important ones/just awesome.

What doesn't make PC gaming great?

[QUOTE="brickdoctor"]

Lol, that's like saying "Without free online, exclusives, and Blu Ray, what makes thePS3 so great?" :P

blackgamer1213

Lol I realize the tight spot I put PC gaming fans in but I really want to be convinced. Because I have looked up mods and a lot of them were like so so. Maybe I'm looking at this the wrong way.

You need to look here. for mods.

http://www.moddb.com/

And I like having the ability to go back and play games like Planetscape Torment on my laptop or desktop pc.

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[QUOTE="brickdoctor"]

Lol, that's like saying "Without free online, exclusives, and Blu Ray, what makes thePS3 so great?" :P

ferret-gamer

Lol I realize the tight spot I put PC gaming fans in but I really want to be convinced. Because I have looked up mods and a lot of them were like so so. Maybe I'm looking at this the wrong way.

counter strike, Team Fortress, red orchestra, Project Reality, garrys mod, killing floor, mechwarrior, NeoTokyo. are some of the more important ones/just awesome.

I love the animation in Team Fortress 2 my friend has a gaming PC, and I can be at his house playing TF2 for hours.

It can heat up you room if you play all night... you save money on buying a heater:D

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[QUOTE="blackgamer1213"]

Lol I realize the tight spot I put PC gaming fans in but I really want to be convinced. Because I have looked up mods and a lot of them were like so so. Maybe I'm looking at this the wrong way.

blackgamer1213

counter strike, Team Fortress, red orchestra, Project Reality, garrys mod, killing floor, mechwarrior, NeoTokyo. are some of the more important ones/just awesome.

I love the animation in Team Fortress 2 my friend has a gaming PC, and I can be at his house playing TF2 for hours.

without the original team fortress mod tf2 would never have existed, the same can be said for alot of games out now.

Strategy games.

controls are one thing. I can actually do more then game on a PC. Also more types of gametypes, strategy games, mmo's, best version of multiplats.

The funny thing about this kind of discussion is that consolites will believe that their games(exclusives) are the best, and that owning something popular and accesible means something to hermits. On the other hand hermits will believe that their exclusives are the best and that owning something highly customizable and complex means something to consolites.

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"]more exclusives, games are much cheaper, steam, sales, infinite backwards compatibility, better and more variety of controls, non gaming tasks, greater control over the game. painguy1

preformance :P

Apparently you don't have spell check on this "awesome" machine that can do so much though. All credibility from you just went steam rolling out the window.

Ubisoft's DRM

Ubisoft's DRM

skinny_man_69

Everyone loves that!:P

Fewer great games, but the great ones can be played for years. Companies like Valve and Blizzard support the heck out of their games and it shows. Blizzard even patched Warcraft 3 a few months ago. Team Fortress 2 is still getting updates on the PC. Keyboard and mouse work great for first-person shooters (once you get used to it.) The shutting down of the original XBOX live service is just such an odd thing to see from a pc gamer's perspective. I can STILL pop into the original Counter-Strike and play if I want to.

I enjoy console gaming, but the games that hook me in the most are definitely on the PC.

Free Games of course ;) [spoiler] I was referring to MMO's :P [/spoiler]

[QUOTE="painguy1"]

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"]more exclusives, games are much cheaper, steam, sales, infinite backwards compatibility, better and more variety of controls, non gaming tasks, greater control over the game. xXDante666Xx

preformance :P

Apparently you don't have spell check on this "awesome" machine that can do so much though. All credibility from you just went steam rolling out the window.

PC only does everything.

It's no secret I like flight sims.

The way I game may not appeal to everyone. But, I like to game with connections to my real-world job. For instance, take FSX:

I can load up real-world conditions in the game.

Take the weather conditions at Quillayute Airport, Washington (KUIL)

Load it up in FSX automatically:

and......

Or..... make my own weather like say add thunderstorms to the area via Advanced Weather in FSX:

.......and voila! Buildups in the area:

That's the kind of customization I enjoy in PC gaming. They follow real-world rules, real-world physics. Someday, similar capabilities will come to consoles. Only then will I shift my gaming totally to consoles.

I dont think we can include the ability to play emulators or games desgnied for use on anything before 2005. Other wise that would be b/c and wed have to compare pc against the entire playstation, nin and xbox

[QUOTE="painguy1"]

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"]more exclusives, games are much cheaper, steam, sales, infinite backwards compatibility, better and more variety of controls, non gaming tasks, greater control over the game. xXDante666Xx

preformance :P

Apparently you don't have spell check on this "awesome" machine that can do so much though. All credibility from you just went steam rolling out the window.

Fewer great games, but the great ones can be played for years. Companies like Valve and Blizzard support the heck out of their games and it shows. Blizzard even patched Warcraft 3 a few months ago. Team Fortress 2 is still getting updates on the PC. Keyboard and mouse work great for first-person shooters (once you get used to it.) The shutting down of the original XBOX live service is just such an odd thing to see from a pc gamer's perspective. I can STILL pop into the original Counter-Strike and play if I want to.

I enjoy console gaming, but the games that hook me in the most are definitely on the PC.

penumbra13

dude, they released a substantial update for Diablo 2 a couple months ago... pretty awesome

I'm not trying to flame or anything. But I have been looking into this but I mean PC Gaming is like a foreign country to a person who has been a console gamer all their life. So I'm wondering what makes it worth me building a rig, and just you know start PC gaming besides mods, graphics and emulators.

blackgamer1213

What doesn't make PC gaming great?

Shad0ki11

Blue Screen of Death. Glitches and installation fails. Can't play "x" game because of your graphic card, PIRACY although most PC users love that last one.

[QUOTE="Shad0ki11"]

What doesn't make PC gaming great?

IWKYB

Blue Screen of Death. Glitches and installation fails. Can't play "x" game because of your graphic card, PIRACY although most PC users love that last one.

BSOD, glitches and installation fails can often be caused by end user hardware/software conflicts, meaning it's different for everybody.

Meh, piracy has always been a problem, on both consoles and PC.

[QUOTE="Shad0ki11"]

What doesn't make PC gaming great?

IWKYB

Blue Screen of Death. Glitches and installation fails. Can't play "x" game because of your graphic card, PIRACY although most PC users love that last one.

PIRACY although most PC users love that last one.

IWKYB

To the TC, I question you...

Besides simplicity, what makes console gaming so great?

besides those?

1. its cheaper than owning a console

2.its more convienent than owning a console

3.its more versitile

4.open choice no limits.

[QUOTE="IWKYB"]

[QUOTE="Shad0ki11"]

What doesn't make PC gaming great?

ferret-gamer

Blue Screen of Death. Glitches and installation fails. Can't play "x" game because of your graphic card, PIRACY although most PC users love that last one.

The amount of piracy on the PC cannot be compared to the consoles. Why? It is many times of that of it's profitable cousin. It is like a 50 to 1 thing.

To the TC, I question you...

Besides simplicity, what makes console gaming so great?

Mystic-G

Nothing at all. Just keeping the traditions since NES I think, you know the one that saved all videogames? PFffft nobody cares. :p

The amount of piracy on the PC cannot be compared to the consoles. Why? It is many times of that of it's profitable cousin. It is like a 50 to 1 thing.IWKYB

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"][QUOTE="IWKYB"]

Blue Screen of Death. Glitches and installation fails. Can't play "x" game because of your graphic card, PIRACY although most PC users love that last one.

IWKYB

The amount of piracy on the PC cannot be compared to the consoles. Why? It is many times of that of it's profitable cousin. It is like a 50 to 1 thing.

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"][QUOTE="IWKYB"]

Blue Screen of Death. Glitches and installation fails. Can't play "x" game because of your graphic card, PIRACY although most PC users love that last one.

IWKYB

The amount of piracy on the PC cannot be compared to the consoles. Why? It is many times of that of it's profitable cousin. It is like a 50 to 1 thing.

This has nothing to do with with that the TC said... Why you're even talking about it in this topic?